Neurosurgery

Francesco Mangano joined the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's in July 2005, as an assistant professor of neurosurgery within the UC Department of Neurosurgery.

A graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Mangano completed his neurosurgical residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 2004 followed by a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at St. Louis Children's Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

Since joining the faculty of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at this Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, he has been instrumental in developing our nationally renowned Pediatric Epilepsy Program and is director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program. This program has already given many children a chance to experience a whole new life with marked reduction in the frequency of their debilitating seizures. After extensive evaluation and state of the art imaging and monitoring of the seizures, surgical intervention in many cases can then be exactly targeted to the source of the seizures. An extensive array of surgical techniques may be offered these patients, which ranges from implantation of a vagal nerve stimulator to resection of one whole side of the brain.

His other clinical interests include tumors of the brain and spinal cord, chiari malformations, and tethered cord symptoms in patients with anorectal malformations.

In addition, he is a co-principal investigator for an NIH-funded multi-institutional research study investigating advanced MRI imaging techniques in children with congenital hydrocephalus. This is only one of his numerous active research projects which have resulted in numerous publications, book chapters and national and international presentations in the field.

Dr. Mangano is a member of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He was board certified in 2008 in neurological surgery by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery and currently serves as the vice chair of the Residency Evaluation and Standards Committee and the Secretary Treasurer of the Neurological Surgery Discipline of the ACOS.

DO: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), Philadelphia, PA.

Residency: NYCOM-Long Island, Jewish Medical Center / North Shore University Health System, New Hyde Park, NY.

Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine-St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO.

Board Certification: Neurological Surgery, American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, 2008.

Yuan W, Holland SK, Shimony JS, Altaye M, Mangano FT, Limbrick DD, Jones BV, Nash T, Rajagopal A, Simpson S, Ragan D, McKinstry RC. Abnormal structural connectivity in the brain networks of children with hydrocephalus. Neuroimage Clin. 2015 Apr 29;8:483-92.

Kosnik-Infinger L, Carroll C, Greiner H, Leach J, Mangano FT. Management of cerebral cavernous malformations in the pediatric population: a literature review and case illustrations. J Neurosurg Sci. 2015 Sep;59(3):283-94.

Miles L, Greiner HM, Mangano FT, Horn PS, Leach JL, Miles MV. Cytochrome c oxidase deficit is associated with the seizure onset zone in young patients with focal cortical dysplasia Type II. Metab Brain Dis. 2015 Oct;30(5):1151-60.

Akbari SH, Limbrick DD Jr, McKinstry RC, Altaye M, Ragan DK, Yuan W, Mangano FT, Holland SK, Shimony JS. Periventricular hyperintensity in children with hydrocephalus. Pediatr Radiol. 2015 Jul;45(8):1189-97.

Ragan DK, Cerqua J, Nash T, McKinstry RC, Shimony JS, Jones BV, Mangano FT, Holland SK, Yuan W, Limbrick DD Jr. The accuracy of linear indices of ventricular volume in pediatric hydrocephalus: technical note. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2015 Jun;15(6):547-51.

Arya R, Wilson JA, Vannest J, Byars AW, Greiner HM, Buroker J, Fujiwara H, Mangano FT, Holland KD, Horn PS, Crone NE, Rose DF. Electrocorticographic language mapping in children by high-gamma synchronization during spontaneous conversation: comparison with conventional electrical cortical stimulation. Epilepsy Res. 2015 Feb;110:78-87.

Arya R, Greiner HM, Horn PS, Turner M, Holland KD, Mangano FT. Corpus callosotomy for childhood-onset drug-resistant epilepsy unresponsive to vagus nerve stimulation. Pediatr Neurol. 2014 Dec;51(6):800-5.

Arya R, Tenney JR, Horn PS, Greiner HM, Holland KD, Leach JL, Gelfand MJ, Rozhkov L, Fujiwara H, Rose DF, Franz DN, Mangano FT. Long-term outcomes of resective epilepsy surgery after invasive presurgical evaluation in children with tuberous sclerosis complex and bilateral multiple lesions. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2015 Jan;15(1):26-33.

Leach JL, Miles L, Henkel DM, Greiner HM, Kukreja MK, Holland KD, Rose DF, Zhang B, Mangano FT. Magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities in the resection region correlate with histopathological type, gliosis extent, and postoperative outcome in pediatric cortical dysplasia. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Jul;14(1):68-80.

Brahimaj B, Greiner HM, Leach JL, Horn PS, Stevenson CB, Miles L, Byars A, Holland K, Sutton M,Mangano FT. The surgical management of pediatric brain tumors causing epilepsy: consideration of the epileptogenic zone. Childs Nerv Syst. 2014 Aug;30(8):1383-91.

Faculty

Karin Bierbrauer, MD Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

513-636-4726 karin.bierbrauer@cchmc.org

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Karin Bierbrauer, MD

Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Academic Affiliations

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-4726

Email karin.bierbrauer@cchmc.org

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Clinical

Fetal malformations of the brain and spinal cord; spina bifida; tethered cord; head injury

Research

Head injury; biomedical informatics

Biography

Karin Bierbrauer, MD, is an associate professor of neurosurgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She has been a member of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center since January 2005 .

Dr. Bierbrauer graduated from medical school at the Medical University of SC in Charleston, S.C. She received her neurosurgical training at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and went on to complete a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago in 1991. From 1991 to 2004, she practiced pediatric neurosurgery in Philadelphia, first at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and then at Temple University Children's Medical Center, where she directed the pediatric neurosurgery program.

Dr. Bierbrauer's special areas of interest include spina bifida and all other types of spinal dysraphism, (tethering of the spinal cord), and the evaluation of congenital disorders of the central nervous system. She is a member of the Cincinnati Fetal Center's team of subspecialists and directs the neurosurgical evaluation of children enrolled in the comprehensive Spina Bifida Clinic at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

MD: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 1980-1984.

Residency: Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1985-1989.

Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.

Air EL, Yuan W, Holland SK, Jones BV, Bierbrauer K, Altaye M, Mangano FT. Longitudinal comparison of pre- and postoperative diffusion tensor imaging parameters in young children with hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010; 5 (4): 385-391.

Yuan W, Mangano, FT, Air EL, Holland SK, Jones BV, Altaye A, Bierbrauer K. Anisotropic Diffusion Properties in Infants with Hydrocephalus – a DTI Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2009; 30(9):1792-8.

Hsieh PC, Ondra SL, Grande AW, O’Shaughnessy BA, Bierbrauer KS et al. Posterior Vertebral Column subtraction osteotomy: a novel surgical approach for the treatment of multiple recurrences of tethered cord syndrome. J Neurosurg Spine. 2009;10(4):278-286.

Kenneth J. Campbell, PhD

Kenneth J. Campbell, PhD, studies the molecular genetic control of mouse forebrain development with a particular focus on the generation of neuronal diversity in the ventral telencephalon.

513-636-0246 kenneth.campbell@cchmc.org

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Kenneth J. Campbell, PhD

Academic Affiliations

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-636-0246

Fax 513-636-4317

Email kenneth.campbell@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Molecular genetic control of mammalian forebrain development

MS: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1990.

PhD: University of Lund, Lund, Sweden, 1994.

Postdoctoral Fellow: Skirball Institute, NYU Med Center, 1995-97.

Waclaw RR, Wang B, Pei Z, Ehrman LA, Campbell K. Distinct temporal requirements for the homeobox gene Gsx2 in specifying striatal and olfactory bulb neuronal fates. Neuron. 2009;63:451-65.

Wang B, Waclaw RR, Allen ZJ II, Guillemot F, Campbell K. Ascl1 is a required downstream effector of Gsx gene function in the embryonic mouse telencephalon. Neural Development. 2009;4:5.

Waclaw RR, Allen Z, Bell SM, Erdelyi F, Szabo G, Potter SS, Campbell K. The zinc finger transcription factor Sp8 regulates the generation and diversity of olfactory bulb interneurons. Neuron. 2006;49:503-16.

Campbell K. Cortical neuron specification: it has its time and place. Neuron. 2005;46:373-6.

Waclaw RR, Wang B, Campbell K. The homeobox gene Gsh2 is required for retinoid production in the embryonic mouse telencephalon. Development. 2004;131:4013-20.

Stenman J, Yu RT, Evans RM, Campbell K. Tlx and Pax6 co-operate genetically to establish the pallio-subpallial boundary in the mouse telencephalon. Development. 2003;130:1113-22.

Stenman J, Toresson H, Campbell K. Identification of two distinct progenitor populations in the lateral ganglionic eminence: Implications for striatal and olfactory bulb neurogenesis. Journal of Neuroscience. 2003;23:167-74.

Steven A. Crone, PhD

Steven A. Crone, PhD, focuses his research around understanding how neurons form functioning motor circuits during development and how the function (or dysfunction) of motor circuits impacts neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy.
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513-803-9275 steven.crone@cchmc.org

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Steven A. Crone, PhD

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone 513-803-9275

Email steven.crone@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Developmental biology; neurodegenerative disease; neural control of behavior; locomotion; respiration; motor circuits; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

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Biography

Steven Crone, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery within the UC Department of Surgery. He received his BS with honors from The Pennsylvania State University in 1995. He received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego while performing his thesis research at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

His thesis research demonstrated that the ErbB2 receptor tyrosine kinase is essential for maintenance of the enteric nervous system and prevention of dilated cardiomyopathy. His research has important implications for the treatment of Hirschsprung’s disease, heart disease and ErbB2/Her2 dependent breast cancer.

Dr. Crone performed his postdoctoral work at the University of Chicago where he used transgenic mouse models to label, ablate or alter gene expression in specific interneurons to establish that V2a neurons coordinate limb movement during locomotion and promote a normal breathing rhythm.

He joined Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in September of 2012 where his laboratory will investigate how motor circuits are altered by injury or disease.

BS: The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1995.

PhD: University of California, San Diego and The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA, 2003.

Postdoctoral: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2012.

Crone SA, Viemari J-C, Droho S, Ramirez J, Mrejeru A, Sharma K. Irregular breathing in mice following genetic ablation of V2a neurons. J Neuroscience. 2012;32(23):7895–7906.

Zhong G, Droho S, Crone SA, Dietz S, Kwan AC, Webb WW, Sharma K, Harris-Warrick R. Electrophysiological characterization of the V2a interneurons and their locomotor-related activity in the neonatal mouse spinal cord. J Neuroscience. 2010;30(1):170-182.

Crone SA, Zhong G, Harris-Warrick R, Sharma K. In mice lacking V2a interneurons, gait depends on speed of locomotion. J Neuroscience. 2009;29(21):7098-7109.

Crone SA, Quinlan KA, Zagoraiou L, Droho S, Restrepo CE, Lundfald L, Endo T, Setlak J, Jessell TM, Kiehn O, Sharma K. Genetic ablation of V2a ipsilateral interneurons disrupts left-right locomotor coordination in mammalian spinal cord. Neuron. 2008;60:70-83.

Joseph NM, Mukouyama Y, Mosher JT, Jaegle M, Crone SA, Dormand E, Lee K-F, Meijer D, Anderson DJ, Morrison SJ. Neural crest stem cells undergo multi-lineage differentiation in developing peripheral nerves to generate endoneurial fibroblasts in addition to Schwann cells. Development. 2004;131:5599-5612.

Crone SA, Negro A, Trumpp A, Giovannini M, Lee K-F. Colonic epithelial expression of ErbB2 is required for postnatal maintenance of the enteric nervous system. Neuron. 2003;37:29-40.

Crone SA, Zhao Y-Y, Fan L, Gu Y, Minamisawa S, Liu Y, Peterson KL, Chen J, Kahn R, Condorelli G, Ross J Jr, Chien KR, Lee K-F. ErbB2 is essential in the prevention of dilated cardiomyopathy. Nature Medicine. 2002;8:459-465.

Crone SA, Lee K-F. Gene targeting reveals multiple essential functions of the neuregulin signaling system during development of the neuroendocrine and nervous systems. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2002;971:547-553.

Kaspar BK, Vissel B, Bengoechea T, Crone S, Randolph-Moore L, Muller R, Brandon EP, Schaffer D, Verma IM, Lee K-F, Heinemann SF, Gage FH. Adeno-associated virus effectively mediates conditional gene modification in the brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 2002;99:2320-5.

June Goto, PhD

June Goto, PhD, is a neurobiologist who studies basic and pre-clinical models of brain malformation diseases. Her current studies focus on molecular and developmental basis of pediatric hydrocephalus using both genetic and sporadic rodent models of hydrocephalus.

513-803-4582 june.goto@cchmc.org

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June Goto, PhD

Academic Affiliations

Instructor, UC Department of Neurosurgery

Phone 513-803-4582

Email june.goto@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Hydrocephalus; tuberous sclerosis complex; mouse genetic models

BS: Tokyo Gakugei University, 2000.

PhD: University of Tokyo, 2006.

Postdoctral training: University of Tokyo, 2007; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2012.

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Tsai PT, Greene-Colozzi E, Goto J, Anderl S, Kwiatkowski DJ, Sahin M. Prenatal rapamycin results in early and late behavioral abnormalities in wildtype C57BL/6 mice. Behav Genet. 2013 Jan;43(1):51-9.

Goto J, Talos DM, Klein P, Qin W, Chekaluk YI, Anderl S, Malinowska IA, Di Nardo A, Bronson RT, Chan JA, Vinters HV, Kernie SG, Jensen FE, Sahin M, Kwiatkowski DJ. Regulable neural progenitor-specific Tsc1 loss yields giant cells with organellar dysfunction in a model of tuberous sclerosis complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2011 Nov 8;108(45):E1070-9.

Anderl S, Freeland M, Kwiatkowski DJ, Goto J. Therapeutic value of prenatal rapamycin treatment in a mouse brain model of tuberous sclerosis complex. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Dec 1;20(23):4597-604.

Sun Q, Chen X, Ma J, Peng H, Wang F, Zha X, Wang Y, Jing Y, Yang H, Chen R, Chang L, Zhang Y, Goto J, Onda H, Chen T, Wang MR, Lu Y, You H, Kwiatkowski D, Zhang H. Mammalian target of rapamycin up-regulation of pyruvate kinase isoenzyme type M2 is critical for aerobic glycolysis and tumor growth. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2011 Mar 8;108(10):4129-34.

Malhowski AJ, Hira H, Bashiruddin S, Warburton R, Goto J, Robert B, Kwiatkowski DJ, Finlay GA. Smooth muscle protein-22-mediated deletion of Tsc1 results in cardiac hypertrophy that is mTORC1-mediated and reversed by rapamycin. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Apr 1;20(7):1290-305

Liang MC, Ma J, Chen L, Kozlowski P, Qin W, Li D, Goto J, Shimamura T, Hayes DN, Meyerson M, Kwiatkowski DJ, Wong KK. TSC1 loss synergizes with KRAS activation in lung cancer development in the mouse and confers rapamycin sensitivity. Oncogene. 2010 Mar 18;29(11):1588-97.

Pollizzi K, Malinowska-Kolodziej I, Doughty C, Betz C, Ma J, Goto J, Kwiatkowski DJ. A hypomorphic allele of Tsc2 highlights the role of TSC1/TSC2 in signaling to AKT and models mild human TSC2 alleles. Hum Mol Genet. 2009 Jul 1;18(13):2378-87.

Goto J, Tezuka T, Nakazawa T, Sagara H, Yamamoto T. Loss of Fyn tyrosine kinase on the C57BL/6 genetic background causes hydrocephalus with defects in oligodendrocyte development. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2008 Jun;38(2):203-12.

Nakazawa T, Komai S, Watabe AM, Kiyama Y, Fukaya M, Arima-Yoshida F, Horai R, Sudo K, Ebine K, Delawary M, Goto J, Umemori H, Tezuka T, Iwakura Y, Watanabe M, Yamamoto T, Manabe T. NR2B tyrosine phosphorylation modulates fear learning as well as amygdaloid synaptic plasticity. EMBO J. 2006 Jun 21;25(12):2867-77.

Goto J, Tezuka T, Nakazawa T, Tsukamoto N, Nakamura T, Ajima R, Yokoyama K, Ohta T, Ohki M, Yamamoto T. Altered gene expression in the adult brain of fyn-deficient mice. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2004 Feb;24(1):149-59.

Jesse Skoch, MD Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Jesse Skoch, MD, investigates the role of in vivo optical imaging techniques for accurate detection of specific epileptic zones that can become targets for surgical management. The goal of his work is to develop tools that could improve the current electrographic techniques for detection of epileptic zones to make epilepsy surgery smaller, safer, and more effective.

513-636-4726 jesse.skoch@cchmc.org

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Jesse Skoch, MD

Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Neurosurgery

Phone 513-636-4726

Email jesse.skoch@cchmc.org

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Craniofacial; epilepsy; spine; hydrocephalus; neuroendoscopy

Epilepsy; optical imaging; biomedical engineering; hydrocephalus

Biography

Dr. Skoch completed a pediatric neurosurgical fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s. Prior to residency training at the University of Arizona, he completed undergraduate study at Colgate University where he also began basic neuroscience research at the National Institutes of Health. He graduated with a degree in cellular neuroscience and went on to complete additional research at Harvard / Mass General Hospital before obtaining his medical degree at the University of Colorado.

Dr. Skoch’s clinical interests are the surgical treatment of pediatric epilepsy, brain tumors, craniofacial disorders, and spinal deformity. His research focuses on applying optical imaging techniques to help better define epileptic foci in the brain to make surgical treatment smaller, safer, and more effective.

Dr. Skoch has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals, authored book chapters, and garnered several awards for his scientific research. He is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and the pediatric section of the AANS/CNS.

MD: University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Residency: Neurosurgery Residency-University of Arizona, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ.

Fellowship: Clinical Spine Fellowship-Banner University Medical Center, AZ; Shriners Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia.

Clinical Fellow: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Watson JR, Gainer CF, Martirosyan N, Skoch J, Lemole GM, Anton R, Romanowski M. 2015. Augmented microscopy: real-time overlay of bright-field and near-infrared fluorescence images. J Biomed Opt. Oct 1;20(10):106002.

Martirosyan NM, Skoch J, Watson JR, Lemole GM, Romanowski M, Anton R. 2015. Integration of ICG videoangiography with operative microscope: augmented reality for interactive assessment of vascular structures and blood flow. Neurosurgery. Jun;11 Suppl 1:252-8.

Skoch J, Kobylanski K, Rice JM, Baaj AA. 2014. Metastatic choriocarcinoma to the lumbar spine: Case report and review of literature. Surg Neurol Int. Nov;5:161.

Enikov ET, Édes G, Skoch J, Anton R. 2014. Application of GMR sensors to liquid flow sensing. IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. Microelectromechanical Systems. Oct;99

Skoch J, Ansay TL, Lemole GM. 2013. Injury to the temporal lobe via medial transorbital entry of a toothbrush. JNLS Reports. Jun;74(1):23-8.

Raymond SB, Skoch J, Hynynen K, Bacskai BJ. Multiphoton imaging of ultrasound/optison mediated cerebrovascular effects in vivo. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2007 Feb;27(2):393-403.

Skoch J, Hyman BT, Bacskai BJ. Preclinical characterization of amyloid imaging probes with multiphoton microscopy. J Alzheimers Dis. 2006;9(3 Suppl):401-7.

Skoch J, Klunk WE, Hyman BT, Bacskai BJ. Development of an optical approach for non-invasive optical imaging of Alzheimer’s disease pathology. J Biomed Optics. 2005;10(1):11007.

Mandal AK, Skoch J, Bacskai BJ, Hyman BT, Christmas P, Miller D, Yamin DT, Xu S, Wisniewski D, Evans JF, Soberman RJ. The Membrane Organization of Leukotriene Synthesis. PNAS. 2004 Apr 27;101(17):6587-92.

Bacskai BJ, Hickey GA, Skoch J, Kajdasz ST, Wang Y, Huang G, Mathis CA, Klunk WE, Hyman BT. Four-dimensional multiphoton imaging of brain entry, amyloid-binding, and clearance of an amyloid-β ligand in transgenic mice. PNAS. 2003 Oct;100(21):12462-12467.

Charles B. Stevenson, MD Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

513-636-4726 charles.stevenson@cchmc.org

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Charles B. Stevenson, MD

Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Neurosurgery

Phone 513-636-4726

Email charles.stevenson@cchmc.org

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Clinical

Brain tumors; spasticity; Chiari malformations; fetal surgery; neurovascular disorders; minimal access surgery

Research

Neuro-oncology; epilepsy; spasticity

Biography

Charles Stevenson, MD, rejoined the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in July 2010, after having served for one year as staff neurosurgeon at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Prior to completing his fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children’s, he received his neurosurgical training at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. During that time, he also completed a two-year research fellowship in neurosurgical oncology. He graduated from medical school at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. Stevenson’s interest, specialized training and research background in neuro-oncology make him uniquely qualified to lead our division in its collaborative efforts with the division of neuro-oncology in the Brain and Spinal Tumor Program to treat children with primary and recurrent brain tumors. He is assisted in these efforts by leading-edge technology such as the operating room BrainSUITE™, which creates precise three-dimensional maps of the brain and allows for intraoperative MRI imaging to more safely remove particularly complex and deep-seated tumors. Cincinnati Children’s was the first pediatric hospital in the world to offer this technology.

In addition, Dr. Stevenson brings expertise in selective dorsal rhizotomy as a treatment for spasticity, which, when added to implantation of baclofen pumps and medical therapy, allows for a wide range of treatment options for patients with spasticity from cerebral palsy or spinal cord injury. He is a member of a multidisciplinary team of specialists that includes neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation as well as and physical and occupational therapies that offers comprehensive care for children with spasticity.

Dr. Stevenson is a member of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. He was board certified in 2013 in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons.

MD: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 2001.

Residency: Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Fellowship: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2008-09.

Board Certification: Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgeons, 2013.

Hertzler II DA, DePowell JJ, Stevenson CB, Mangano FT. Tethered cord syndrome: a review of the literature from embryology to adult presentation. Neurosurgical Focus. 2010;29(1):E1.

Stevenson CB, Desai RR, Crawford AH, Durrani AA, Mangano FT. C-1 lateral mass screw fixation in children with atlantoaxial instability: case series and technical report. Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques. 2010 Oct;23(7):474-9.

Reig AS, Stevenson CB, Tulipan NT. CT-based, fiducial-free frameless stereotaxy for difficult ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion: experience in 26 consecutive patients. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. 2010;88(2):75-80.

Stevenson CB, Leach JL, Gupta A, Crone KR. Cystic degeneration of the cerebellar tonsils in pediatric patients with Chiari I malformation. J Neurosurg Ped. 2009; 4(6):557-63.

McMillan KM, Ehtesham M, Stevenson CB, Edgeworth ML, Thompson RC, Price RR. T2 detection of tumor invasion within segmented components of glioblastoma multiforme. J Mag Reson Imag. 2009; 29(2):251-7.

Ehtesham M, Mapara KY, Stevenson CB, Thompson RC.CXCR4 mediates the proliferation of glioblastoma progenitor cells. Cancer Letters. 2009;274(2):305-12.

Ehtesham M, Stevenson CB, Thompson RC. Preferential expression of chemokine receptor CXCR4 by highly malignant human gliomas and its association with poor patient survival. Neurosurgery. 2008; 63(4):E820.

Stevenson CB, Ehtesham M, McMillan KM, Valadez JG, Edgeworth ML, Price RR, Abel TW, Mapara KY, Thompson RC. CXCR4 expression is elevated in glioblastoma multiforme and correlates with an increase in intensity and extent of peri-tumoral T2-weighted MRI signal abnormalities. Neurosurgery. 2008;63(3):560-9.

Johnson MD, Stevenson CB, Thompson RC, Atkinson J, Boyer P. 31-year-old woman with hemiparesis. Brain Pathology. 2007;17(2):255-7.

Book Chapters

Stevenson CB, Crone KR. Head injury. In Operative Pediatric Surgery Ziegler MM, Azizkhan RG, Weber T, von Allmen D (eds.). 2nd Edition. Mcgraw-Hill: New York ,NY, 2012.

Sudhakar Vadivelu, DO Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Sudhakar Vadivelu, DO, is interested in researching stem cells, neurogenesis, and modulation of cytokine activity.

513-636-4726 sudhakar.vadivelu@cchmc.org

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Sudhakar Vadivelu, DO

Faculty Neurosurgeon, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Co-Director, Cerebrovascular Program

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Neurosurgery

Phone 513-636-4726

Email sudhakar.vadivelu@cchmc.org

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Clinical

Disorders of the brain and spine; brain and spine tumors; spinal deformity; chiari malformation; hydrocephalus; movement disorders; endovascular/ interventional neuroradiology; neuroendoscopy; neurostimulation

Research

Stem cells; neurogenesis; modulation of cytokine activity

Biography

Sudhakar Vadivelu, DO, joined the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center after completing his fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at Texas Children’s Hospital and neurosurgical residency at Hofstra North Shore- LIJ School of Medicine. While at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ, he acquired additional training in open cerebrovascular surgery and endovascular surgery for specialized training in the care of vascular disorders of the brain and spine.

Dr. Vadivelu’s interest, specialized training and research background in the role of inflammation in neurogenesis and stem cells, make him uniquely qualified to lead our division in its collaborative efforts with the division of interventional neuroradiology for the treatment of children with vascular disorders of the brain and spine.

In addition, Dr. Vadivelu brings expertise in spinal diseases, brain and spinal cord tumors, neuroendoscopy and neurostimulation.

DO: Des Moines University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, IA.

Residency: Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Neurosurgery, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY.

Fellowship: Interventional Neuroradiology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY; Cerebrovascular Surgery, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY; Pediatric Neurosurgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.